Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-01-01
THE LABOR MOVEMENT.
STRIKES THAT RESULTED FOR GOOD
OR FOR Ill.

STRIKES THAT RESULTED FOR GOOD
OR FOR Ill.
Tho Demand for Eight Hours-The Big
Strike in Chicago and the Anarchist
Bomb Throwers-Big Packing House
Strikes-Street Railway Tie Ups.
JANUARY.
G. Great strike and lockout Of the engi-
neers Of the elevated railroad system of New
York city. Travel was almost entirely sus-
pended for day or two.
90 A riot occurred at Mount Pleasant, Pa
The police and the Hungarian strikers had
collision, in which several Of both parties
were injured.
28 Six thousand glovemakers Of Johns
town and Gloversville, N. Y, struck for
higher wages. The strike was not Of very
long duration.
FEBRUARY.
5. The employees of the New York, Seventh
avenue, Fourth avenue, Sixth avenue and
Broadway surface roads strike successfully
for q reduction of hours.
MARCH.
3. Brooklyn street car lines all atied up'
S. General tie up of the street railroads
of New York city. 1t required $50 police
men to force a car through Grand street,
where great crowd had assembled
6. Five hundred men, Knights Of Labor,
employed in the Missouri Pacific railroad
shops at st. Louis, quit work at the blowing
Of the noon whistle. One thousand other en-
ployes who were also knights also struck.
The freight business of the road is paralyzed.
z. Secret meeting held at st. Louis, at
which the passenger engineers, brakemen,
switchmen and fremen of the Missouri Pa
cifc system decided to join the freight han
dlers' and carshop strike. Accordingly none
of them reported for work, and 5000 miles
Of road idle. Immense freight blockade.
0. Employees Of the Troy and Lansingburg
street railroad at Troy, N. Y, struck for
fewer hours of work. Demands granted.
Q. Five thousand employees of the "Gould"
railroad system were discharged on the Mis-
souri, Pacific.
10. Vice-P President H. NJ Hoxie, of the
Missouri Pacific railroad, declines to confer
with the knights Of Labor or committee
from the strikers.
%. Hoxie has conference with Governors
Marmaduke and Martin at ST. Louis.
%. Jay Gould accepted proposal fer ar
bitration. Mr.. Powderly orders the men to
work
20. The district assemblies K. of L. refuse
to obey Powderly's order, and instruct the
Missouri Pacific strikers not to resume work.
81. Martin Irons issues general order to
the Knights to resume work on the Missouri
Pacific.
81. Six hundred and fifty morocco workers
of Wilmington quit work.
81. Strike of Cohoes spinners ended. About
1000 persons affected.
APRIL
l. The strike on the Gould roads has been
resumed on account of the refusal of the COM
pany to reinstate all the strikers.
3. Bloody Saturday" at Fort Worth,
Texas Strikers resist the movement Of
trains, firing volley of Winchester rifles into
aposse of deputy sherifs, killing one and
MORALLY wounding two others. The officers
replied with revolvers killing one striker.
5. Mr.. Powderly formally recalls his order
to the Missouri Pacific strikers to resume
work
8. Deputy sheriffs in East st. Louis fire
into a crowd, killing seven persons, only one
of whom was a striker.
IA Powderly makes an appeal to Gould for
the settlement of the southwestern strike
Gould replies, justifying his action and re-
fusing to grant the request Of the Knights for
arbitration.
49, A general tie up ordered on the New
York City Third Avenue Street railway.
16 Martin Irons, the leader in the great
southwestern strike is, with three others, in
dicted by the grand grand jury at st. Louis,
for tampering with telegraph wires
1S Widow Landgraff boycotted In New
York city for employing non-union bakers.
49, The Third avenue street car strikers,
New York city, wreck car and have a
short but savage fight with the police.
10. The great tie up of the New York city
street railroads Is Off, with the exception Of
the Third avenue line.
90 Trains are running without molestation
on the Gould roads, although the strikers
still profess to be confident Of ultimate sue
cess.
90 The house committee at Washington
begins its investigation of the strike on the
Gould roads. It was continued for some
time.
25 ugar house employees at Williamsburg,
N Y, on strike for an increase Of wages.
g. Thirty-dve members Of the New York
Tailors' union indicted by the grand jury for
boycotting.
81. The striking operatives of the Missouri
Car company have resumed work. The Bal
timore street car strike has also come to an
end.
81. The Third avenue street car strikers,
New York city, put on free coaches for the
accommodation of persons who would other
wise be compelled to ride in the cars
90. Chairman O'Donnell, Secretary Best,
and Graharo -
Empire Protective association, indicted by
the grand jury at New York for ordering the
tie up of the Third avenue cars
MAY
!. Chicago trades unions demand uniform
working day of eight hours, without reduc-
ton of wages. The same demands are made
in many other cities.
Forty thousand men in Chicago go on
str1ke for eight hours. Strikes for similar
cause arr general all over the country.
4. An attempt by the Chicago police to dis
perse meeting If Anarchists was followed
by riot in which a dynamite bomb was
thrown by the Anarchists among the no,ice
killing six and wounding sfxty-one.
5. Rioters fired upon and several kilIaI nv
the state militia at Milwaukee, Wis.
8. More shooting occurred at Chicago ha-
tween the police and Anarchists, and leading
rioters were arrested.
O. Milwaukee rioters indicted,
.. The pianomakers of New York have
abandoned their demand for reduction to
eight hours day.
TO- Big strike at Chicago ended
49, About $4,000 girls, employees of the
Troy, n. Y, collar and cuff factories. locked
out by the manufacturers on account of the
strike OF the laundry girls at George P. Ide G.
Co. s establishment.
"a: Eight Thousand tailors locked out by
the Boss Tailors' union, Now York city.
JUNE.
John Most, convicted of melting to riot,
was sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor
Tor one year and to pay fine.of $500 at New
York.
g. The convention Of KNIGHTS of Labor AT